Stateful C-language function with state managed by third-party library

From: Denys Rtveliashvili <rtvd(at)icloud(dot)com>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Stateful C-language function with state managed by third-party library
Date: 2015-03-06 14:43:50
Message-ID: f9317916-e6b6-4e28-b569-9a863f9cd425@me.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Hello,

My function neeeds to call a third-party library which would create a state and then that state should be kept for the duration of the current query. The library can deallocate that state in a correct way.

I understand that fn_extra is normally used for this and usually the state is created in a memory context which is deallocated at the end of the query. So normally it is not an issue. However, I cannot make that library use PostgreSQL utilities for memory management.

I am afraid that for long-running sessions it may cause serious memory leaks if they do not deallocate state correctly and in a timely manner.

Is there a mechanism for adding a finalizer hook which would be called and passed that pointer after the query is complete? Or perhaps there is another mechanism? I looked in the documentation and in the source but I do not see it mentioned.

Thank you.

With kind regards,
Denys Rtveliashvili

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Pavel Stehule 2015-03-06 14:56:50 Re: [PATCH] Add transforms feature
Previous Message Gabriele Bartolini 2015-03-06 14:38:56 Re: File based Incremental backup v8